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Letters 'Patent No. 69,448, dated October 1,1867.

IMPROVED LADDER AND CHAIR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY; CONCERN:

Be it known that we, E. KOHN and J. L. NATCHER, of Sidney, in the county of Shelby, and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Combined Ladder and Chair; and we'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which like parts are represented by like letters in the several figures. i

The nature of our invention consists in so constructing a ladder as to be able to readily turn it into a chair by means of sectional string-pieces, as described.

Figure 1 represents our invention -seeming like an ordinary ladder, A being the upright hind legs, hinged at the top step at a to the side or cheek-pieces B, between which pieces is a` succession of ordinary steps from top to bottom. These diagonal cheeky-pieces are. composed of three parts, C, D, and E, the two former being hinged at b, and capable of being turned inwardly, or'made vertical and horizontal, and the latter being hinged at e, and D being capable of being raised or made horizontal. F isa brace, hinged to A, taking into hooks d, attached to D, covering the joint c between itand E, serving as a'lock.'

Figure 2 represents the ladder turned into a chair. Y It will be seen when the brace is taken out of the hooks d the sectionvE can be let down vertically alongside of legs A. To each of these 'sections E is attached a hook or arm, s, whichtakes into aneye or similar staple,f, attached to the middle or horizontal piece D, to render it more stable. It will also be seen that the lower section C is vertical when the ladder is turned into a chair, and it is secured by a hook, g, attached to cross-piece between legs A, and hooking into an eye attached to 'the lower step, thus making the whole'very secure, Two of the lower steps in the middle section are made wide and removable, so that when the ladder is turned into achair they can be removed and laid across flatly in rebates made in the middle sections, thus forming a good seat. And in thel upper section, between the steps, some additional thing can be introduced to assist in forming a more comfortable back.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim a-s new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is`

The combined stepladder and chair, consisting ofthe upright A and string ordiagonal piece B, composed ofthe hinged sections C D E, together with the brace all combined and arranged as shown anddescribed.

Witnesses:

.'J. F. FRAZER, JAMES McCULLoUGH, H. R. Haan,

E. KoHN,

1G. STEPHENsoN. J- L NATCHER. 

